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\|	\|	www.arrantpedantry.com Whence Did They Come? - Arrant Pedantry	4.3 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	In a recent episode of Slate's Lexicon Valley podcast, John McWhorter discussed the history of English personal pronouns. Why don't we use ye or thee and thou anymore? What's the ...	4.3 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	sesquiotic.com Harris, possessive, declined \| Sesquiotica	6.7 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	So which is it:Harris'orHarris's? Neither: it's ??? ??????. Or maybeHarro. Or, hmm... There has been some confusion and consternation lately about the possessive form of the surname of the vice president of the USA, who is also the Democratic candidate for the presidency. Many people, remembering what they were taught in school,* insist it must...	6.7 parsecs away Travel
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\|	\|	In the not-too-distant past English used the pronoun "him" to refer to individuals of unspecified gender in phrases such as "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion." This understandably annoys som...	5.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.grammarphobia.com The Grammarphobia Blog: Uh-oh, it's the glottal stop	40.4 parsecs away Travel
\|		English speakers have been glottalizing the letter "t" since at least the mid-19th century. The pronunciation is common today in American and British English.	40.4 parsecs away Travel